We're all a statistic some of us are just outside of the norm....

I got knocked up in high school. I like that term... makes it sound like someone knocked me over the head and oops a baby ended up in there. Hmmmm... maybe there is a little to that. Anyway, I guess its better to say I graduated expecting my first child, which I had at 18.

I hear that's hard. I hear its a struggle. My own mother told me that it would be almost impossible to graduate college. I didn't know any better. I did fall into the statistical norm of being divorced very quickly because well.. lets face it... what does an 18 year old with the stress of a baby and moving to another state know about marriage? I tell people we were two friends that happened to have a child together and we thought we were supposed to be married and as far as my failures go, I don't really count that as a marriage. He's a great guy, we still talk, and I LOVE his new wife. They were meant for each other, and I'm ok with that.

I did finish college, in fact I have my MBA so I more than finished college. I've taught college. My mother tells me she forgot to factor in that it was me. Yep... outside of the statistical norm.